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The DOJ charges two employees of RT , a Russian state-controlled media outlet, in a $10 million scheme to create and distribute content to U.S. audiences with hidden Russian government messaging.

In order to carry out RT’s secret influence campaign in the United States , Kalashnikov and Afanasyeva operated under covert identities.

In one episode detailed by prosecutors, the company's Canadian founders worked with the now-indicted Russians to allegedly “deceive” two commentators with millions of YouTube subscribers.